워드프레스를 단순히 화려한 테마를 설치해서 홈페이지를 만드는 툴 정도로만 이해하는 거나, 오픈소스 프로젝트를 그저 ‘공짜’라고만 인식하는 것은 워드프레스의 장점과 단점을 제대로 이해하고 목적에 맞게 활용하는데 큰 장벽이 되곤 합니다.
워드프레스를 제대로 알기 위한 첫 걸음 으로써, 공식 워드프레스 About 페이지 의 내용들을 읽어보는 것은 아주 현명한 선택일 것입니다. 이 페이지에서는 이에 조금이나마 도움이 되고자 그 내용을 번역하고 정리하여 두었습니다.
워드프레스는 전세계 웹사이트의 24%이상이 워드프레스로 만들어졌고 그 수치는 매일 올라가고 있다. 워드프레스로 간단한 웹사이트부터 블로그, 포탈사이트, 그리고 엔터프라이즈급 웹사이트, 심지어 어플리케이션까지 만들 수 있습니다.
워드프레스는 사용자와 발행자에게 필요한 단순함과 개발자에게 필요한 복잡한 특성을 결합했다. 그래서 쉽게 사용할 수 있도록 유연성을 제공합니다
워드프레스의 기본적인 기능은 다음 리스트와같다. 하지만 워드프레스의 수천가지의 확장 플러그인 사용하면 거의 한계가 없이 기능을 확장할 수 있다. 또한 , 당신은 워드 프레스 코드와 함께 원하는대로 할 수 있는 라이센스 비용 없이 확장하거나 어떤 식 으로든 수정하거나 상업적인 프로젝트 를 위해 그것을 자유롭게 사용할 수 있습니다 .이런 free software는 가격뿐만 아니라 자유자체이기 때문에 완전히 자유롭게 사용할 수 있는것이 free software의 아름다움입니다
당신이 워드프레스를 좋아할 수 밖에 없는 특징들입니다.
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